FUCKING NASA
shadowspirit, This feels like one of those “I’m so stoned” and TIL posts. Speaking of…
buh, 
NAGSA
RooPappy, Ganymede was a prince. He never boned Jupiter (or Zeus) as far as I know.
768, He was his cupbearer though.
Zoboomafoo, 
No way they didn’t bone
imaqtpie, 
Can confirm. TIL that ancient Athenians were homophobic about Cretans though 😂. Damn Cretans trying to turn Greece gay.
https://sh.itjust.works/pictrs/image/5fb5dfbe-0558-4a77-bea0-8d0293bb5d69.jpeg
Napain, You mean to say someone made that up !?!??!
Hupf, Those cretins at it again!
GBU_28, Cuppin Zeus bawlz
Affidavit, Someone’s been reading the sanitised version of the story.
TheBat, 
Which ultra PG rated version did you read?
TerminalEncounter, 
Uranus’ moons are named after Shakespeare characters which I always think is kinda fun!
Affidavit, Inb4 they all die a tragic but poetic death
Aussiemandeus, 
That’s what happens when you get a bunch of super smart people in a room
nucleative, It’s like a Futurama joke that flies over most people’s heads
Rodeo, This is what happens when people have a basic knowledge of history and basic background knowledge of their field of expertise.
That’s not to minimize their intelligence and competence; that’s to say that it is expected that astronomers would know the names and histories of major nearby celestial bodies.
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